I stayed here twice within the last 3 weeks what a tale of two halves - the first was a weekend getaway with my husband - we got a deal through travel zoo for a 'deluxe' room with breakfast for £119 - on arrival I was asked if we wanted to upgrade to a better room with a better view and a bottle of wine - yes please ! Oh but there is a charge of £40 ! Fair enough I thought so we decided to go for it - the room was fantastic, not far from the lifts but far enough away, massive bed, heated bathroom floor the view of tower bridge was absolutely breathtaking and the wine would have cost us £25 according to the price list so we were more than happy - 2 weeks later I arrived again to meet a girlfriend this time I booked another special offer of a standard room without breakfast for £99 did I want to upgrade? No thanks - what a difference! The room was miles away a good 5 min walk from the lift (the view of the tower was ok to be fair) room was tiny and old fashioned - it was abs freezing and I couldn't get the air con to work - when I rang about the heating I was told that the whole hotel was without heating and it would be back on in 5 mins - it didn't come on all night in my room - was charged special rate of £10 for breakfast - to be fair the breakfast is ok but they pour out the tea from a flask and it tastes like dishwater - pls start to do teapots instead! So my advice is go for the upgrade and you will have a far better experience
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